FeedaMail: AP Top Science News At 5:38 p.m. EDT

	AP Top Science News At 5:38 p.m. EDT
	Protecting NYC: mayor's plan, successor's question NEW YORK (AP) -- A $20 billion plan to gird New York with levees, flood gates and other defenses is a bold stroke from a mayor who saw the city through Superstorm Sandy and has championed preparedness for global warming. But the future of Mayor Michael Bloomberg's sweeping proposals will largely rest with his successor.... Read More » Chinese craft blasts into space on docking mission JIUQUAN, China (AP) -- A Chinese spacecraft blasted off to begin the country's fifth and longest manned space mission, taking three astronauts to an orbiting space lab from where they will give science lessons to youngsters.... Read More » Wal-Mart's proxy vote shows dissent against execs NEW YORK (AP) -- Wal-Mart's final shareholder vote for its board of directors showed another year of dissent against key executives and directors, including its CEO Mike Duke, as the company deals with the fallout from overseas bribery allegations.... Read More » China marks decade of human spaceflight BEIJING (AP) -- China's astronauts have braved the tension of docking with a space station and performed delicate tasks outside their orbiting capsule, but now face a more down-to-earth job that is perhaps equally challenging: Talking to young people about science.... Read More » Ukrainian pianist and Cliburn winner credits mom FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) -- Playing the piano at age 5 certainly wasn't Vadym Kholodenko's idea, but after his mother took him to a music school, he quickly grew to love it while growing up in Kiev, Ukraine.... Read More » Nuclear plant closures show industry's struggles LOS ANGELES (AP) -- The decision to close California's San Onofre nuclear plant is the latest setback for an industry that seemed poised for growth not long ago.... Read More » 'One giant leap' toward a NASA Armstrong center? LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Neil Armstrong's name is attached to a lunar crater, an asteroid, more than a dozen schools and a museum, but not a single NASA facility is christened in honor of the man whose "giant leap" made him the first to walk on the moon.... Read More » Government moves to wrap up gray wolf recovery TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) -- Federal officials are declaring victory in their four-decade campaign to rescue the gray wolf, a predator the government once considered a nuisance and tried to exterminate.... Read More » Not quite the ER: Boston hospital cleaning mummy BOSTON (AP) -- A 2,500-year-old Egyptian mummy named Padihershef came out of his coffin Friday to go to the hospital.... Read More » NASA's veteran Mars rover driving to new spot LOS ANGELES (AP) -- NASA's Opportunity rover is rolling across the Martian surface again, leaving behind a clay-rich rock in search of more discoveries.... Read More » Speedy cheetahs impress even more with agility WASHINGTON (AP) -- Scientists have long known that cheetahs are blazingly fast. Now new research shows it's their acceleration and nimble zigzagging that really leaves the rest of the animal world in the dust.... Read More » Cuba girds for climate change by reclaiming coasts CAYO COCO, Cuba (AP) -- After Cuban scientists studied the effects of climate change on this island's 3,500 miles (5,630 kilometers) of coastline, their discoveries were so alarming that officials didn't share the results with the public to avoid causing panic.... Read More »
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